in Demsa, Adamawa, Nigeria. Bali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.)...
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Bali may refer to any of several languages: Balinese language, spoken in Indonesia, especially the island of Bali Bali language (Adamawa), spoken in Demsa...
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The Adamawa /ædəˈmɑːwə/ languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in Central Africa, in northern Cameroon...
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Savannas languages, also known as Gur–Adamawa or Adamawa–Gur, is a branch of the Niger–Congo languages that includes Greenberg's Gur and Adamawa–Ubangui...
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What is now known as Adamawa state has been inhabited for years by various ethnic groups, including the Bwatiye (Bachama), Bali, Bata (Gbwata), Gudu,...
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Nyong (Daganyonga), also known as Mubako and Bali-Kumbat, is a Leko language spoken in two well-separated enclaves in Cameroon and Nigeria. Cameroonian...
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Adamawa language family proposal. The precise classification of Kam is a matter of current research. Speakers refer to themselves and their language as...
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The Yendang or Maya languages are a group of Adamawa languages spoken in Adamawa State, eastern Nigeria. The classification below follows Blench (2009)...
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Holma (also known as Da Holmaci, Bali Holma) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State, near the Cameroon border...
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Taraba State (section Languages)
by the Bauchi state for 54 km and Gombe state for 58 km, northeast by Adamawa state for about 366 km and south by Northwest Region in Cameroon for about...
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state in Nigeria. The language is also widely spoken in some Nigerian states namely, Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa, Cross River, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Abuja....
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especially Adamawa. The Ijoid languages are spoken across the Niger Delta region and include Ịjọ (Ijaw), Kalabari, and the intriguing remnant language Defaka...
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Chamba people (category Ethnic groups in Adamawa State)
group found in the Adamawa State of North-East Nigeria and neighboring parts of north Cameroon. They speak two distantly related languages: Chamba Leko, of...
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Fam (Fám; exonym: Kɔŋa) is a Bantoid language of Bali LGA in Taraba State, Nigeria. It is now usually left as unclassified within Bantoid, however Blench...
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The Biu–Mandara or Central Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. A reconstruction of Proto-Central Chadic...
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Mumuye people (category Ethnic groups in Adamawa State)
Bali and Gashaka, all of which are local government areas of the state. The Mumuye people are also found in many parts of the neighboring Adamawa State...
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official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the...
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North Region (Cameroon) (category Articles containing French-language text)
animist speakers of Adamawa, Chadic, and Nilo-Saharan languages. French is the language of formal education, and Fulfulde, the language of the Fulbe, is...
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Demsa (category Local Government Areas in Adamawa State)
Demsa is a Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria with headquarters located in Demsa. Demsa lies on the Benue River. Demsa Local Government Area...
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Better known Grassfields languages include the Eastern Grassfields languages, Bamun, Yamba, Bali, and Bafut and the Ring languages, Kom, Nso, and Oku. Almost...
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Tikar people (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
study found that self-identified Tikar who live in the Adamawa region and speak the Tikar language belong to a different genetic cluster than the self-identified...
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Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of...
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neighbouring states. They were labeled "G1" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal and later placed in a Waja–Jen branch of that family...
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Tiv people (section Language)
Taraba, Nasarawa, Plateau, Cross rivers, Adamawa, Kaduna, and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The language is a branch of Benue–Congo and ultimately...
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The Dakoid languages are a branch of the Northern Bantoid languages spoken in Taraba and Adamawa states of eastern Nigeria. Dakoid Gaa–Dong Donga (Dong)...
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835 Batibo Northwest 9,163 Bandjoun West 6,872 Bangem Southwest Banyo Adamawa 40,798 Batouri East 43,821 Bélabo East 22,553 Bertoua (Regional capital)...
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Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria (PDF). 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL). Leiden, Netherlands...
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The twelve Mambiloid languages are languages spoken by the Mambila and related peoples mostly in eastern Nigeria and in Cameroon. In Nigeria the largest...
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Achirimbi II Simon Achidi Achu Act of Berlin Modibo Adama Adamawa languages Adamawa Plateau Adamawa Region Administering Authority Administrative divisions...
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List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area (all) (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
900 Aimag of Mongolia. West Virginia 62,755 State of the United States. Adamawa Province 63,691 Province of Cameroon. Mbeya 62,420 Region of Tanzania....
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